TrumpCare Resistance Heats Up With "Stakeouts" at Republican Lawmakers' Offices

In the wake of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) damning analysis of the Republicans’ healthcare bill, resistance to the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is ratcheting up.

On Thursday and Friday, “Stakeouts to Save Our Healthcare” organized by MoveOn.org will see constituents protesting at the district offices of Republican members of Congress who will soon cast decisive votes on the GOP’s American Healthcare Act (AHCA).

Demonstrators are urged to grab lawmakers’ attention by wearing scrubs, slings, and stethoscopes, or using crutches. Targeted Republicans include Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), among many others.

Many of these politicians have already encountered the widespread outrage over Republican Party’s push to strip Americans of healthcare at tense town halls in their home districts.

The public pressure has been so fierce, in fact, that some Republicans—including several who will see stakeouts at their district offices in coming days —are already vowing not to vote for the AHCA.

“I plan to vote NO on the current #AHCA bill. As written the plan leaves too many from my #SoFla district uninsured,” tweeted Rep. Ros-Lehtinen on Tuesday:

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